Billy Muffett
Billy Arnold Muffett (Muff)
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1" , Weight: 198 lb.

Born: September 21, 1930 in Hammond, IN (All Transactions)
Debut: August 3, 1957
Final Game: April 28, 1962
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Standard Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1957 26 STL NL 3 2 .600 2.25 23 0 16 0 0 8 44.0 35 11 11 1 13 4 21 0 0 1 174 176 1.091 7.2 0.2 2.7 4.3 1.62
1958 27 STL NL 4 6 .400 4.93 35 6 17 1 0 5 84.0 107 52 46 11 42 9 41 5 0 0 396 84 1.774 11.5 1.2 4.5 4.4 0.98
1959 28 SFG NL 0 0 5.40 5 0 2 0 0 0 6.2 11 6 4 2 3 1 3 0 0 0 31 70 2.100 14.9 2.7 4.1 4.1 1.00
1960 29 BOS AL 6 4 .600 3.24 23 14 3 4 1 0 125.0 116 53 45 6 36 2 75 5 0 4 530 123 1.216 8.4 0.4 2.6 5.4 2.08
1961 30 BOS AL 3 11 .214 5.67 38 11 14 2 0 2 112.2 130 87 71 18 36 2 47 2 0 2 502 73 1.473 10.4 1.4 2.9 3.8 1.31
1962 31 BOS AL 0 0 9.00 1 1 0 0 0 0 4.0 8 4 4 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 20 46 2.500 18.0 0.0 4.5 2.3 0.50
6 Seasons 16 23 .410 4.33 125 32 52 7 1 15 376.1 407 213 181 38 132 18 188 12 0 7 1653 94 1.432 9.7 0.9 3.2 4.5 1.42
162 Game Avg. 7 10 .410 4.33 54 14 23 3 0 6 163 176 92 78 16 57 8 81 5 0 3 716 94 1.432 9.7 0.9 3.2 4.5 1.42
BOS (3 yrs) 9 15 .375 4.47 62 26 17 6 1 2 241.2 254 144 120 24 74 4 123 7 0 6 1052 91 1.357 9.5 0.9 2.8 4.6 1.66
STL (2 yrs) 7 8 .467 4.01 58 6 33 1 0 13 128.0 142 63 57 12 55 13 62 5 0 1 570 102 1.539 10.0 0.8 3.9 4.4 1.13
SFG (1 yr) 0 0 5.40 5 0 2 0 0 0 6.2 11 6 4 2 3 1 3 0 0 0 31 70 2.100 14.9 2.7 4.1 4.1 1.00
AL (3 yrs) 9 15 .375 4.47 62 26 17 6 1 2 241.2 254 144 120 24 74 4 123 7 0 6 1052 91 1.357 9.5 0.9 2.8 4.6 1.66
NL (3 yrs) 7 8 .467 4.08 63 6 35 1 0 13 134.2 153 69 61 14 58 14 65 5 0 1 601 100 1.567 10.2 0.9 3.9 4.3 1.12

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1957 26 STL NL 23 174 158 11 35 6 1 1 0 0 13 21 .222 .279 .291 .570 .248 46 5 0 2 1 4
1958 27 STL NL 35 397 339 52 107 23 2 11 5 2 42 41 .316 .397 .493 .890 .332 167 9 5 9 2 9
1959 28 SFG NL 5 31 27 6 11 0 0 2 0 1 3 3 .407 .467 .630 1.096 .409 17 1 0 1 0 1
1960 29 BOS AL 23 530 480 53 116 27 2 6 1 3 36 75 .242 .299 .344 .643 .273 165 9 5 5 4 2
1961 30 BOS AL 38 502 447 87 130 22 4 18 5 0 36 47 .291 .344 .479 .823 .291 214 12 2 14 3 2
1962 31 BOS AL 1 20 17 4 8 2 1 0 0 0 2 1 .471 .500 .706 1.206 .471 12 1 0 0 1 0
6 Seasons 125 1654 1468 213 407 80 10 38 11 6 132 188 .277 .339 .423 .763 .294 621 37 12 31 11 18
162 Game Avg. 54 716 636 92 176 35 4 16 5 3 57 81 .277 .339 .423 .763 .294 269 16 5 13 5 8
MLB Averages

Starting Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
1958 27 STL NL 35 6 1 3 2 0 0 1 5 .167 0 1 1 0 2 33% 45 62 30 14 6 1 3 4.2 6.2 5.2
1960 29 BOS AL 23 14 5 3 6 1 2 7 7 .500 3 1 4 1 11 79% 58 80 14 18 10 3 6 3.1 3.4 7.4
1961 30 BOS AL 38 11 1 8 2 0 4 2 9 .182 0 1 2 0 6 55% 41 69 14 14 10 5 1 2.9 1.3 5.2
1962 31 BOS AL 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .000 0 1 0 0 0 0% 29 29 29 0 0 0 1 5.4 4.5 4.0
4 Seasons 97 32 7 14 11 1 6 10 22 .313 3 4 7 1 19 59% 49 80 14 46 26 9 11 3.3 3.2 6.1
MLB Averages

Reliever Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1957 26 STL NL 23 23 16 3 2 10 8 2 80% 11 0 24 7 29% 9 1.704 9 10 4 11 4 8 12 11 18 4 18 9 5.7
1958 27 STL NL 35 29 17 3 3 7 5 2 71% 9 0 12 4 33% 9 1.352 10 9 10 9 5 15 8 21 16 6 17 3 5.5
1959 28 SFG NL 5 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 100% 8 0.289 0 0 5 0 0 5 2 3 3 1 3 0 4.0
1960 29 BOS AL 23 9 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 11 5 45% 3 1.098 4 3 2 1 3 5 5 4 5 1 6 2 7.0
1961 30 BOS AL 38 27 14 2 3 2 2 0 100% 3 0 20 10 50% 6 0.884 6 9 11 3 3 21 12 15 18 2 18 2 6.2
5 Seasons 124 93 52 9 9 19 15 4 79% 23 0 69 28 41% 1.143 29 31 32 24 15 54 39 54 60 14 62 16 5.8

Ratio Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
1957 26 STL NL 174 49% 0.6% 12.1% 7.5% 4.6% 23% 1.29 79% 43 5 12%
1958 27 STL NL 397 40% 2.8% 10.3% 10.6% 9.1% 34% 0.91 73% 79 9 11%
1959 28 SFG NL 31 35% 6.5% 9.7% 9.7% 6.5% 18% 1.14 71% 10 1 10%
1960 29 BOS AL 530 32% 1.1% 14.2% 6.8% 6.6% 30% 0.95 76% 112 9 8%
1961 30 BOS AL 502 36% 3.6% 9.4% 7.2% 8.8% 34% 0.98 77% 99 12 12%
1962 31 BOS AL 20 35% 0.0% 5.0% 10.0% 15.0% 38% 0.50 85% 6 1 17%
6 Seasons 1654 37% 2.3% 11.4% 8.0% 7.7% 31% 0.98 76% 349 37 11%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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Hits Home Runs Advances Baserunning
Year Age Tm Lg PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu
1957 26 STL NL 174 35 1 0 9 1 0 0 1 17 8 1 47% 1 1 1 71 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
1958 27 STL NL 397 107 11 1 11 8 3 4 7 25 9 5 36% 7 0 2 179 5 2 71% 4 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 5 0
1959 28 SFG NL 31 11 2 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 17 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1960 29 BOS AL 530 116 6 0 12 4 2 3 3 23 11 2 48% 13 4 0 217 1 3 25% 1 3 0 0 0 0 2 1 7 0
1961 30 BOS AL 500 130 18 0 11 8 10 9 9 32 18 5 56% 13 2 1 197 5 0 100% 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 10 2
1962 31 BOS AL 20 8 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 67% 0 0 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
6 Seasons 1652 407 38 1 44 22 16 17 21 100 48 13 48% 35 7 4 690 11 6 65% 10 6 1 0 0 0 4 1 28 2
MLB Averages

Cumulative Pitching

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Year Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB ERA+
1957 26 3 2 .600 2.25 23 0 16 0 0 8 44.0 35 11 11 1 13 4 21 0 0 1 174 176 1.091 7.2 0.2 2.7 4.3 1.62 176
1958 27 7 8 .467 4.01 58 6 33 1 0 13 128.0 142 63 57 12 55 13 62 5 0 1 570 102 1.539 10.0 0.8 3.9 4.4 1.13 102
1959 28 7 8 .467 4.08 63 6 35 1 0 13 134.2 153 69 61 14 58 14 65 5 0 1 601 100 1.567 10.2 0.9 3.9 4.3 1.12 100
1960 29 13 12 .520 3.67 86 20 38 5 1 13 259.2 269 122 106 20 94 16 140 10 0 5 1131 110 1.398 9.3 0.7 3.3 4.9 1.49 110
1961 30 16 23 .410 4.28 124 31 52 7 1 15 372.1 399 209 177 38 130 18 187 12 0 7 1633 95 1.421 9.6 0.9 3.1 4.5 1.44 95
1962 31 16 23 .410 4.33 125 32 52 7 1 15 376.1 407 213 181 38 132 18 188 12 0 7 1653 94 1.432 9.7 0.9 3.2 4.5 1.42 94

Neutralized Pitching

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Year Age W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
1957 26 3 1 .750 2.25 44.0 36 12 11 1 13 21 0 1.114 7.4 2.7 4.3 1.62 0.2 23
1958 27 4 5 .444 4.81 86.0 111 51 46 11 44 42 5 1.802 11.6 4.6 4.4 0.95 1.2 35
1959 28 0 0 7.50 6.0 12 6 5 2 3 3 0 2.500 18.0 4.5 4.5 1.00 3.0 5
1960 29 9 5 .643 3.16 131.0 121 51 46 6 38 79 5 1.214 8.3 2.6 5.4 2.08 0.4 23
1961 30 4 8 .333 5.38 112.0 129 74 67 18 36 47 2 1.473 10.4 2.9 3.8 1.31 1.4 38
1962 31 0 0 12.00 3.0 8 4 4 0 2 1 0 3.333 24.0 6.0 3.0 0.50 0.0 1
6 Seasons 20 19 .513 4.22 382.0 417 198 179 38 136 193 12 1.448 9.8 4.5 1.42 0.9 125

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Saves s c a p y
1957 NL  8 (8th)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray InkPitching - 3 (2059), Average HOFer ≈ 185

Similarity Scores

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